L-Tryptophan and Reduced Glucagon Level

• Effects of Duodenal Infusion of Lauric Acid and L-Tryptophan, Alone and Combined, on Fasting Glucose, Insulin and Glucagon in Healthy Men.

  • 2019-11-07
  • RCT
  • Nutrients 11(11)
  • • Christina McVeay
    • Penelope C E Fitzgerald
    • Michael Horowitz
    • Christine Feinle-Bisset

  • PubMed: 31703434
  • DOI: 10.3390/nu11112697

  4 Insights on

  • Reduced Glucagon Level

  • High evidence
  • Rigorous Journal
  • Adults

  There was no effect on plasma glucagon.

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No

  Dose

  0.1 kcal/min intraduodenal infusion in combination with 0.3 kcal/min Lauric Acid for 90 min